What a genius idea. Tom yum omelet. Think of all the ingredients in a tom yum soup. All those aromatics.
Lovely chicken skin right here.
What I love about this spot is that it's a real local favorite nighttime only spot.
Welcome to Hat Yai! It is located in the Southern region of Thailand. Yep it's the
largest city in South Thailand and it's quite diverse too. You have a large Chinese community
large Muslim community and it's a really cool city with a lot of delicious food. We're going to take you
to some of the must eat spots here in Hat Yai. There's plenty. We have a handful
of delicious places you can't miss when you come to Hat Yai. Don't miss it and let's go.
Tucked in this alleyway is our favorite favorite Thai Chinese restaurant.
It is an old school restaurant. Like it has an old-school charm to it. So let's go
We're here at Nai Roo. It actually translates to
"in a hole" and it makes sense because this classic Thai Chinese restaurant here in Hat Yai is located
in an alleyway. It's really a hole in the wall spot like it's very classic
low-key. Feel like we're eating in somebody's home. I love it. I love the feel of this place.
Been here for many years. Probably hasn't changed a bit since it opened. You have a wok in the front, you
have a little kitchen in the back and they have a few dishes they specialize in. We ordered a bunch.
One of them is this beautiful fried pomfret fish topped in all this minced fried garlic
and chili. This is insane how much garlic is on this fish. Just going to dig into this fried
pomfret. It's very crispy. Just covered in garlic. This thing is just the fish is
buried underneath all this minced garlic and chili but happen to get a nice piece right here.
That garlic is really strong. Very sharp flavor. But what I like about the fish - the fish is so fresh.
It's got the crispy exterior, but still juicy inside. And you balance that with that garlic and
that chili is just delicious. Not as heavy as you would think for a fried fish. Topped with cilantro.
You can see why this is a must order here. It's also a show stopper just looking at
it just seeing it covered all that garlic is really cool. If you're a garlic lover like me
this is the fish you gotta get. We also have the fried bamboo shoot spring roll.
This bamboo shoot spring roll
They fried this spring roll really good. Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. You thought
there's going to be meat in here, but it's a vegetarian spring roll basically. Love this spring roll.
This is the one I think I'm most intrigued about is this tom yum omelette.
What a genius idea. Tom yum like think of all the ingredients in a tom yum soup. All
those aromatics, but in an omelette. Like I can see all this lemongrass and lime leaf already.
I think we're gonna have to go with this tom yum omelette first. It smells absolutely incredible.
The interesting thing about this omelette it's actually shaped almost like a pie. Like it actually looks
pretty sturdy on the top it's browned but it's like shaped like a pie. It's really interesting.
And inside we have all these aromatics. Alright I can't even talk about it anymore, let's take a bite.
First bite already I'm gonna boldly declare this the best omelette I've ever eaten in my life.
I love these kind of flavors. The lime leaf, lemongrass, chili. Taste maybe even a
little bit of fish sauce. There's a little bit of sourness in here. There's some minced pork. It is
incredible. This is the most flavor-packed omelet I think you're ever going to eat in your life.
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So today we're actually not gonna have a coffee for this one, we're actually gonna
have something totally different. We are at a spot that's really cool it's actually a truck
called the Coffee Car. I just love it's like the entrepreneurial spirit here in Thailand
it's incredible. Like you find these little coffee shops outside of pharmacies, on the street and in
this case a truck. It's just such a cool spot. They do coffee, tea, other things. You could even get it
hot, cold or smoothie. So speaking of that, we got a cha yen, or a Thai iced tea shake
blended with the ice. You have the Thai tea, she puts it into the espresso machine, it spits out the
tea, she mixes it in with the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, blends it with the ice.
So refreshing. So this is open every day except Sunday until 5 or 6PM and it's located on
this like low-key side street with a lot of these old houses around and right next
to the big Robinson's shopping plaza and train station right here in Hat Yai. Such a gem. This
cha yen shake is so refreshing, especially late in the day like this when you don't want too much caffeine.
We're here to eat the most famous dish here in Hat Yai. It even has - it's called Hat Yai fried chicken.
So in Thai they call it kai tod, that's fried chicken. And we're here at a stall outside the famous Kim
Yong Market here in Hat Yai. It's a bustling street. A lot of vendors. Street food, flowers, fruits veggies, you
name it. And the stall here is called Kaitod Meena. This one looks incredible. We got it with the
sticky rice, fried onions, the fried onions also come with fried garlic. That's one of the ways you can
get it, or you can get it with biryani. But love it with sticky rice. Se ordered a whole bunch of the
chicken. We actually picked it out first and they put it back in the fryer, so it's extra brown and
crispy. She topped it off with more fried onions and garlic. And we also got this lovely chicken
skin right here. I'm actually going to start with the chicken skin first, it's calling my name.
It's so light and crisp and I love that it's not greasy either.
Now I gotta try a bite of this fried chicken. It looks beautiful. It's got that crisp on the outside.
It smells incredible
Oh man. It's really garlicky, it's very juicy. Crispy on the outside, but still quite juicy inside.
I'm gonna tell you right here. This is the best fried chicken I've had in Hat Yai.
I've tried a lot of it already during our stay, but this is number one.
So what you gotta do is you gotta take this chicken. We're going to take some of this chicken.
Take a little skin, take a little meat.
Get some of that sticky rice with the fried onions. Put into a clump just like that.
Special thing to note about this fried chicken is that it's Halal, so everyone can eat this chicken.
And if you always wanted to try chicharron like you know fried pork skin,
you can have a halal version here with the chicken skin. You know what? I think it's just as good.
One of the many things that you can't miss
food wise when you visit Hat Yai are dim sum. There are many of them here. This is just one of the few
and apparently it's the most famous one. They've been closed for a long time because of Covid,
but right now they're open. So we're so excited. Let's go
Wow. This spot is called Chok Dee Dim Sum here in Hat Yai. A very famous place.
They have multiple locations. We're at the original. Dim sum is often just a breakfast
meal, but here you can actually come for dinner and that's what we're here for.
It's open from 6AM to Noon and it's also open from 5PM to 10PM, so we're here in that
nighttime shift. And we're excited. Really nice options here. Alright, let's do it. Yeah!
Very nice har gow with that shrimp filling. Very strong sesame oil flavor, which I love. And if you
you saw our video in Trang, another famous city here in South Thailand for dim sum. We'll put a card up
if you want to check that out. The selection here is very different than that. This one's
a lot closer to say classic dim sum we had in Hong Kong and New York City at Chinese places.
I like the variety here. I love that the har gow here has that sesame oil taste. Another classic that
we missed out on when we were in Trang they didn't have it, chicken feet. And it comes with shredded ginger too.
Wow that is insanely soft. Unique taste on this one. This tastes very different than the other
chicken feet we've had at dim sum before. I love how tender it is, but that sharpness
of that ginger gives it a nice spice and refreshing kick to it. Really sharp. I love that.
Of course in your dim sum you got to have that Chinese tea. They give you a pot here
Cheers! Chinese tea cheers. No better pairing with dim sum than Chinese tea.
It's the moment I've been waiting for. Bak kut teh in this steaming clay pot. Comes with a bunch of
different pork pieces. You have a huge slab of pork belly, which is crazy. And this dark broth
filled with mushrooms. Different types of mushrooms too. The thin ones like they're the enoki mushroom
and you just have the thicker mushroom. Bak kut teh, the most important, you know meat bone tea.
The tea, the broth, has a really nice star anise, cinnamon, clove five spice aroma.
Now even though you do have that five spice cinnamon, star anise, clove all that good
stuff but you really get that mushroom flavor. That mushroom flavor has really permeated this broth
very strongly. Almost where it's like a 50 50 split
of that five spice and the mushroom. Even maybe even leaning more towards the mushroom. I love
it. If you're a mushroom fan if you like that umami mushroom flavor, this is your kind of broth.
I can just drink the broth by itself, but luckily we have all these goodies in here
like this massive slab of pork belly. It's really nice, really rich shiitake mushroom that shiitake
mushroom flavor is really rubbed off on that broth and the big chunk of it is so delicious. Oh
The pork is almost a bonus in this. I like the pork in it, but I almost wouldn't even mind having this
just with the mushrooms and that broth. We can see why Chok Dee is such a famous spot here in Hat Yai.
It definitely lives up to the hype and then more. We may have to come back and eat here again. That's how good it is.
And for dessert, we are here at Pa-Ad or Aunt-Ad Fresh Milk. We have this steamed bread and
kaya drizzled with some evaporated milk.
What I love about this spot is that it's a real local favorite nighttime only spot. It's located right
next to the Hat Yai Hakka Association, looks like a temple here. And this this place is always full.
It's just a lot of young people here and this is the thing to get. So it's fresh milk you can order
fresh milk here. We didn't get that, we actually got milk tea and the steamed bread calling my name.
Soak it up with that sangkaya, what it's called here in Thailand. It's sangkaya, the pandan custard.
So not only is that steamed bread nice and warm, it soaks up the sangkaya like a sponge.
And the sangkaya itself, this pandan custard is also warm. This is a perfect just nighttime I
can imagine just coming here 11 o'clock at night after going out for a while
coming here and having this at the end of the night. It opens up around about five or six o'clock
Can see why it's so popular. It's just such a simple dessert and just so good.
It's so refreshing when you get it without sugar. Just that milk and that tea flavor
counteracts the sweet pandan custard with the bread
perfectly. Definitely recommend getting this to go with it without sugar